http://www.thejournal.ie/profile/302312/so-sad-2774285/
Michelle2014-08-09http://www.thejournal.ie/profile/302312/so-sad-2774285/So so sad. My Great-Uncle was placed in this institution as a teen. He lived here until his death as a young man. St Brendan’s were able to give me very little information about his life or death. It would appear his death was never even registered which means I’ll. never get to even know where he is buried. I hope he’s resting in peace, something I would presume he never had in life. So very sad.
]]><p>So so sad. My Great-Uncle was placed in this institution as a teen. He lived here until his death as a young man. St Brendan’s were able to give me very little information about his life or death. It would appear his death was never even registered which means I’ll. never get to even know where he is buried. I hope he’s resting in peace, something I would presume he never had in life. So very sad.</p>
http://www.thejournal.ie/profile/129132/i-worked-i-remember-seeing-items-2774290/
Helen O Neill2014-08-09http://www.thejournal.ie/profile/129132/i-worked-i-remember-seeing-items-2774290/I worked there and I remember seeing these items. I’m so glad they are being presented this way now. Well done.
]]><p>I worked there and I remember seeing these items. I’m so glad they are being presented this way now. Well done.</p>
http://www.thejournal.ie/profile/258164/thanks-him-people-forgotten-personal-effects-display-remembered-2774262/
Elaine Cassin2014-08-09http://www.thejournal.ie/profile/258164/thanks-him-people-forgotten-personal-effects-display-remembered-2774262/Thanks to him these people have not been forgotten, there personal effects put on display and remembered for the people they were before they were put in that awful place.. Ireland was a very backward place in regards to mental health, and well everything else. Atleast he’s bringing to light some of the forgotten.. Well done..
]]><p>Thanks to him these people have not been forgotten, there personal effects put on display and remembered for the people they were before they were put in that awful place.. Ireland was a very backward place in regards to mental health, and well everything else. Atleast he’s bringing to light some of the forgotten.. Well done..</p>
http://www.thejournal.ie/profile/129579/wow-poignant-2774250/
Odour in the Court2014-08-09http://www.thejournal.ie/profile/129579/wow-poignant-2774250/Wow, poignant.
]]><p>Wow, poignant.</p>
http://www.thejournal.ie/profile/13263/heartbreaking-fear-stigma-attached-mental-health-remains-2774512/
Sue Redmond2014-08-09http://www.thejournal.ie/profile/13263/heartbreaking-fear-stigma-attached-mental-health-remains-2774512/Heartbreaking, because the fear and stigma attached to mental health remains the same.
]]><p>Heartbreaking, because the fear and stigma attached to mental health remains the same.</p>
http://www.thejournal.ie/profile/301732/another-dirty-secret-ireland-rare-ol-times-truely-2775146/
Wont be censored2014-08-09http://www.thejournal.ie/profile/301732/another-dirty-secret-ireland-rare-ol-times-truely-2775146/Another dirty secret of Ireland in the “rare ol times” Truely this country has a recent past in the last century to rival the Soviet Union or Nazi Germany for oppression and hushing up things.
]]><p>Another dirty secret of Ireland in the “rare ol times” Truely this country has a recent past in the last century to rival the Soviet Union or Nazi Germany for oppression and hushing up things.</p>
http://www.thejournal.ie/profile/10485/behind-the-walls-mary-raftery-part-httpswww-2774301/
Aine Nibhern2014-08-09http://www.thejournal.ie/profile/10485/behind-the-walls-mary-raftery-part-httpswww-2774301/Behind The Walls by Mary Raftery ~

“Research shows that 33,000 patients died in overcrowded and disease-ridden psychiatric hospitals between the late 1920s and early 1960s, with death rates significantly higher than in the general community” ~ Carl O’Brien (Irish Times)

]]><p>Behind The Walls by Mary Raftery ~</p>
<p>Part 1 ~ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFZmChMUlXw" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFZmChMUlXw</a><br />
Part 2 ~ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-GOjxGiIvU" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-GOjxGiIvU</a></p>
<p>“Research shows that 33,000 patients died in overcrowded and disease-ridden psychiatric hospitals between the late 1920s and early 1960s, with death rates significantly higher than in the general community” ~ Carl O’Brien (Irish Times)</p>
http://www.thejournal.ie/profile/145976/so-sad-depressing-bags-whats-womens-possessions-imagine-2775645/
Marie Broomfield2014-08-09http://www.thejournal.ie/profile/145976/so-sad-depressing-bags-whats-womens-possessions-imagine-2775645/So sad and depressing to see those bags and whats left of those women’s possessions and imagine what they went through. It feels a bit like seeing the bundles of shoes and glasses of the Holocaust victims. ‘When will we ever learn.’
]]><p>So sad and depressing to see those bags and whats left of those women’s possessions and imagine what they went through. It feels a bit like seeing the bundles of shoes and glasses of the Holocaust victims. ‘When will we ever learn.’</p>
http://www.thejournal.ie/profile/272558/a-people-disappointed-click-link-realise-cant-comment-2774242/
luke daly2014-08-09http://www.thejournal.ie/profile/272558/a-people-disappointed-click-link-realise-cant-comment-2774242/A lot of people are going to be disappointed when they click on this link and realise they can’t comment on emigration.
]]><p>A lot of people are going to be disappointed when they click on this link and realise they can’t comment on emigration.</p>
http://www.thejournal.ie/profile/41778/im-glad-hear-someone-doing-2782190/
Róisín O'Brien2014-08-11http://www.thejournal.ie/profile/41778/im-glad-hear-someone-doing-2782190/I’m very glad to hear that someone is doing this. Until recently, the HSE Eye Clinic was situated at the back yard of what was the old Grangegorman Hospital (the Eye Clinic was in a separate, newer building, not connected in any way to the old hospital) To get to the Eye Clinic, as I often had to, taking my daughter to her opticians’ appointments, one went in through the gateway of the old building, through into the car park. From there, you had a clear view of the old hospital and could even walk right up to it, if you wanted to. From the first time I was there, I always got a horrible sense of dread and felt that it had been a place of immense suffering for the patients who once resided there. The whole building, the windows, all seemed so bleak and frightening, and one could only imagine what went on in there. Even my 8-year-old daughter asked me what that scary-looking place was and was shocked when I said it used to be a hospital. She thought it looked like a haunted building. Maybe she was right… I was glad when the Eye Clinic moved their premises to a new location on the Navan Road, so I didn’t have to go through the gates of Grangegorman anymore, but I still wondered about the history of the patients of Grangegorman. Never did I think that so much of their personal belongings would still be there, behind those dark walls; I just assumed that everything would have been cleared out, long ago. So, as I said, I am very pleased to hear that Alan Counihan has undertaken this project, to help bring to light the forgotten people who suffered and died at the hands of the State, in these so called healthcare institutions. I will certainly go along to see the exhibition, and I hope that further work will be carried out, to sort through the remaining items within Grangegorman, and, hopefully, maybe lay the memories of some unsettled spirits to rest.
]]><p>I’m very glad to hear that someone is doing this. Until recently, the HSE Eye Clinic was situated at the back yard of what was the old Grangegorman Hospital (the Eye Clinic was in a separate, newer building, not connected in any way to the old hospital) To get to the Eye Clinic, as I often had to, taking my daughter to her opticians’ appointments, one went in through the gateway of the old building, through into the car park. From there, you had a clear view of the old hospital and could even walk right up to it, if you wanted to. From the first time I was there, I always got a horrible sense of dread and felt that it had been a place of immense suffering for the patients who once resided there. The whole building, the windows, all seemed so bleak and frightening, and one could only imagine what went on in there. Even my 8-year-old daughter asked me what that scary-looking place was and was shocked when I said it used to be a hospital. She thought it looked like a haunted building. Maybe she was right… I was glad when the Eye Clinic moved their premises to a new location on the Navan Road, so I didn’t have to go through the gates of Grangegorman anymore, but I still wondered about the history of the patients of Grangegorman. Never did I think that so much of their personal belongings would still be there, behind those dark walls; I just assumed that everything would have been cleared out, long ago. So, as I said, I am very pleased to hear that Alan Counihan has undertaken this project, to help bring to light the forgotten people who suffered and died at the hands of the State, in these so called healthcare institutions. I will certainly go along to see the exhibition, and I hope that further work will be carried out, to sort through the remaining items within Grangegorman, and, hopefully, maybe lay the memories of some unsettled spirits to rest.</p>
http://www.thejournal.ie/profile/416830/my-nan-placed-grangegorman-hospital-until-died-alzheimers-4625257/
Jonny Frazzells2016-01-05http://www.thejournal.ie/profile/416830/my-nan-placed-grangegorman-hospital-until-died-alzheimers-4625257/My Nan was placed in the old Grangegorman Hospital in the 70′s until she died in 1985, because she had Alzheimer’s disease . People with Alzheimer’s disease do not belong in a Mental Institutions. The Place looked so terrifying and bleak. I carried my eyes out every time I saw my Nan there after I left. The place smelled of sick always and the paint was falling of the walls. Nurses feeding patients with cigarettes hanging out of there mouths and patients tied to chairs – it’s the most awful place you could ever imagine in your worst nightmares. I am so glad to hear of it’s closure. My Aunt has recently died in Dublin of Alzheimer’s disease and the place she was placed was like a Hollywood Hospital and the care was fantastic – so on a happier note Ireland has come a long way since the 80′s and has learned and is treating it’s citizens well – thanks God.
]]><p>My Nan was placed in the old Grangegorman Hospital in the 70′s until she died in 1985, because she had Alzheimer’s disease . People with Alzheimer’s disease do not belong in a Mental Institutions. The Place looked so terrifying and bleak. I carried my eyes out every time I saw my Nan there after I left. The place smelled of sick always and the paint was falling of the walls. Nurses feeding patients with cigarettes hanging out of there mouths and patients tied to chairs – it’s the most awful place you could ever imagine in your worst nightmares. I am so glad to hear of it’s closure. My Aunt has recently died in Dublin of Alzheimer’s disease and the place she was placed was like a Hollywood Hospital and the care was fantastic – so on a happier note Ireland has come a long way since the 80′s and has learned and is treating it’s citizens well – thanks God.</p>